Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-08-02
Names Great Summer Resort.
Especial correspondence of the Journal. ]


BAR HARBoR, Aug. 1st, 1887.
Another month has begun with pleasant
skies and cool breezes at the seashore. July
proved a bad month for pleasure seekers at
Mt. Desert but Notwithstanding the fogs and
rains a large number of early visitors have
been here. This month the crowd is ex-
pected and hotel proprietors are looking for
ward with much anxiety for fair weather dur
ing the remainder of the season. At some
of the hotels nearly all of the rooms are en-
gagged for this month, but there are many
rooms to be had in the village yet and few
cottages remain inlet. No one who Is
DESTROYS of making Mt Desert visit this
summer need stay away for the lack of &C.
comodations. Good rooms are yet to be found
at verv reasonable rates. There are at present
over three hundred guests at the Rodick, tw o
hundred and fifty at the West End, one hun
dred at the St. Sauveur, one hundred at the
Louisburg, about seventy-fve at the Marl-
boro.
The Yacht regatta this month together
with the many yachts, ships-of-war and dis
tinguished men who are expected will draw
large number of people to Bar Harbor.
Guests are coming in rapidly now each day.
Over hundred arrived Saturday. Among
the arrivals of last week were:. VIM. Stall
Dana, Commodore IT, S. Navy; W. f. S.
Whitman, Augusta; w. r. Emerson, Bos-
ton; A. B. Keyson, Baltimore; the Misses
REYNOLDS, Elmyra N. Y; Mr.. c. c. Rad
hurst. New York; John B. Newkirk, Phila-
delphia; John Morrow, Toronto; L. A.
Kearns, New Orleans; Or. John Livor,
New York; Miss Alice Ahlborn, Boston ;
w. II. Heating, Portland; Mrs. S. Fl. Weeks
and daughter, Portland the Misses Fearwell,
Boston. Assistant Attorney General of the
u nted States, VIM. C. Strawbridge of Phila-
delphia was among the arrivals of last week
and is stopping at the Rodick.
Among the distinguished visitors who will
be here this month are Miss Henriques, a
! brilliant and dashing young lady of New
York. Miss Audenreid of Washington, Col.
+. A Conklipg and daughter, Miss Laura
| Conklng, of New York, Hon. A. W. Mac
Nichol of Calais, James G. Blaine, Jr., and
wife of New York.
| Saturday there was an excursion to the
new and beautiful restort, Sorrento. Many
of the noted visitors here were present, in
GLIDING Rear Admiral Howell and daughter
| Mr.. Slattery, well known business man of
New York, Col. Bass of West Point and
Mrs Bass. The party enjoyed very pleas
ant visit and were most cordially entertained
/ by Col Lewis, who is interested with his
brother in the welfare of this slightly point once
known as Waukeag Neck. large cafe,
which has been recently erected by the
/ Frenchmsn Bay Company, stands near the
wharf aud is a ffue ornament to the place.
| Frank Hill, Boston architect, has built a
cottsge there and also Mr.. Highly of Boston.
| The whole point is tsstefully laid out into
avenues and the surrounding lands have been
marked out into house lots, which are now
selling for from 5000 to $500 per lot. Sorrento
being in so close proximity to Bar Harbor
is destined in the near future TO become a
fashionable and popular summer resort.
The Lyndall brass band of Boston arrived
Saturday and will remain until next Thurs
day. They will give an open air concert in
front of the Hotel Des Isle each evening,
and will play for the dedicstion ball to be
given at the Club House this week.
| The regular nightly hops are still kept
up with the usual amount of interest and are
well attended.